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From the moment I found out we were going to become parents my brain started to swirl with questions! I read all the books on what to expect, pinned my Pinterest boards with mommy blog posts and yet somehow to my dismay I was still totally unprepared for the beautiful mess that is motherhood. Here's what I wish I knew before I had a baby... or THREE!

Before I had experienced the heartache of infertility after trying to conceive for over two years before we were pregnant with Lyric and the subsequent miscarriage, I had no idea what is was like to go through this. I had a dear friend of mine who had a miscarriage almost a year before I had, and she was the first person close to me I knew to experience one. At the time, I had NO CLUE at the magnitude of her heartache. Honestly, I don’t even remember what words I used to comfort her, or what I practically did to console her.

Only a mom knows what it’s truly like to be a mom. To be exhausted, to feel true defeat, to have to be tough (more tough than most of us ever thought we could be). One of the sweetest joys of being a mom has been that no matter how many times I fail in a day, my baby looks at me the same, with that sweet forgiving heart of his. Why can’t we look at other mom’s that way?

Most of us has that close-knit group of friends, that no matter what, we promise to be there through all that life throws at us. They've been there for us through everything, they've shared in our best moments and kept our dirt a secret - they were in our weddings and they've been our "go-to" girls when life just gets hard.

We talk about the days our kids will grow up together and we won't turn out to be "those moms" - but what happens if you're one of the first in your group to have a baby?!

In the weeks leading up to the birth of your new baby, the urge to nest can be undeniably strong and overwhelming to say the least. But as a new mom, it can be challenging to know the right things to do that will have the best impact later when it counts!